WEBVTT NOT. LAUREN: CHRISTMAS DAY, IT’S ALWAYS FUN TO HANG OUT AROUND THE TREE BUT SOMETIMES NOTHING BEATS A HOLIDAY MATINEE. GET OFF THE COUCH AND GRAB YOUR SANTA HAT, YOUR MOST FESTIVE SUIT. >> THEY’RE KITTY PAJAMAS A LAUREN FAMILIES COME IN FOOTIE : PAJAMAS TO ESCAPE THE HOUSE. BECAUSE NAUGHTY OR NICE PERHAPS THE BUSIEST PLACE CHRISTMAS DAY IS THE MOVIE THEATER. >> WITH THE WEATHER BEING TH NICE AND WE’RE NOT REALLY TRAVELING ANYWHERE, SO IT’S JUST GETTING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT. >> WEATHER’S NICE SO ITS JUST SOMETHING TO DO. LAUREN THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS : ANYTHING BUT FRIGHTFUL. AND FLIX BREW HOUSE DECORATED WITH HOLIDAY CHEER IS SELLING LOTS OF TICKETS. >> I USUALLY DO IT AT HOME, BUT IT HAS KIND OF BECOME A TRADITION TO DO MOVIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY NOW. LAUREN A HOLIDAY HAPPENING : THAT’S ROUNDING OUT A RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR AMERICAN THEATERS 2018 SET SOME NEW BOX OFFICE HIGHS. >> THE BIG HIT THIS CHRISTMAS DAY WASN’T MARY POPPINS A

Sometimes on Christmas Day, the mounds of food or the family can get to be too much and you just have to get out of the house. Most of Central Iowa is quiet, but as KCCI's Lauren Donovan shows us, area movie theaters are not.